Reviews

The Skip Langdon Series by Julie Smith:

“The Axeman’s Jazz is the kind of book that leaves you torn between running out and devouring all the other mysteries in the series, or spacing them out as periodic special treats. Julie Smith garnered great attention, including an Edgar for Best First Mystery, with her initial entry in this series, the 1990 publication of New Orleans Mourning featuring police detective Skip Langdon … in New Orleans, of course. The Axeman’s Jazz is the second of the series and even better than the first.” -BookLoons Reviews

“Jazz Funeral is a genuinely moving mystery … It’s always a pleasure to spend time with Skip, a no-nonsense, level-headed heroine in a wild and reckless city.” –The Baltimore Sun

Death Before Facebook: “A peek into the sometimes dangerous world of the computer-obsessed, set in the sultry heat of New Orleans and tempered with just the right dose of Southern humor.” —USA Today

House of Blues: “One of the best of the Skip Langdon series . . . In the fast-growing field of fictional female police officers, New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon stands tall.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Kindness of Strangers: “A breathless thriller . . . Smith pushes her protagonist to the breaking point and the series to a new high water mark of suspense.” –Los Angeles Times

“Excellent entertainment … 82 Desire is fresh and fast paced, gently funny and often touching. In it, Skip Langdon and her creator, Julie Smith, are at their peak” —New Orleans Times-Picayune

Too Jewish by Patty Friedmann:

“A powerful and emotional story of a Jewish family here in America.” -Life in Review

“Patty Friedmann may be the greatest New Orleans author of the past quarter century. If you like New Orleans, if you’re interested in its Jewish community or Southern life or simply the rhythms of America’s most unique city, you’ll love Too Jewish. And even if you don’t give a hoot about NOLA and its Jews, buy Too Jewish for another reason: it’s a great read.” -Failed Messiah

“The Friedmann comic voice is filled with so much anger, outrage, astonishment, fear, resentment, and unleashed id that we readers nearly fall out of our chairs in wonder and laughter and shock.” -Oxford American

Phone Kitten by Marika Christian:

“Christian hits it out of the ballpark with this hysterical, quirky, and endearing story … Phone Kitten is laugh out loud funny from page one. I was immediately captured by Emily and her innocence, and had to laugh at most of the phone sex scenes.” -ChickLitPlus

“When I first heard of this book I was intrigued; a phone-sex worker turned sleuth? Sounds like the perfect mix … Marika is an excellent writer and I simply loved Emily … A fabulous book.” -Trashionista

Mary Indiana by Anneke Campbell:

“The best thing I can say is expect the unexpected. Mary Indiana is very different…. This is a story that you would need to read to believe…. this story took me very much by surprise.” –Storm Goddess Book Reviews